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39 min ago | Marshall Independent

Without an Obama challenger, DFL...

Lyon County DFL Chairman Tim Buysse admitted it probably wasn't as exciting as the Republican caucus across town, but it was nonetheless an important exercise in democratic involvement.

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4 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Another major vulnerability exposed in Minnesota's election system

The vast majority of Minnesotans support Photo ID. This video, published by James O'Keefe and Project Veritas, exposes another gaping hole in Minnesota's election system.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, James Arlen

9 hrs ago | WWTC-AM Eagan

Minnesotans Not Buckling Up

For the second straight month, lack of seat belt use factored in a majority of Minnesota traffic deaths.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Connecticut Post

Jubilant Santorum wins Minnesota, leads in Colo.

Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the Colorado Energy Summit in Golden, Colo., Monday, Feb.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Minnesota Government, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, US Senate, Rick Santorum

International Business Times

Rick Santorum Wins Minnesota Caucus, Mitt Romney Trailing Behind

The Minnesota Republican caucus has been called for Rick Santorum, giving the former Pennsylvania senator his second win on Tuesday after a huge victory in the Missouri primary.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Rick Santorum, Minnesota Government, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, US Governors

Pam's House Blend

GOP's War on Voting, Minnesota Edition: The Twelve Ways of ALEC's Kiffmeyer to Disenfranchise Us

I was planning to wait until this weekend to discuss the State Rep from ALEC's Mary Kiffmeyer and her strange war on Native Americans and their defenders, but I decided to take advantage of what Jon Walker had to say about the Virginia front in the GOP's War on Voting , and of a document that's circulating through the local online media, and which ... (more)

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BigGovernment.com

Even with Good Showings in Missouri and Minnesota, Santorum Surge Still Unlikely

Several sources are predicting a Santorum surge in Missouri and Minnesota tonight, but there's reason for pause before we order out the "Rick 2012" bumper stickers.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Newt Gingrich, US News, Conservative Political News

The Huffington Post

February 7 Primary Results: Live Updates From Minnesota, Missouri & Colorado

The Missouri primary [was] a "beauty contest" vote . Although the precinct caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota [began] the process of selecting delegates to the national Republican convention, that process has no formal connection to the "straw votes" ... held at the precinct meetings in each state.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, 9, John McCain

MSNBC

Was January warmest on record in US? The answer is...

Hard as it may be to believe if you live in the Northeast or upper Midwest, last January was not the warmest on record across the lower 48 states, federal recordkeepers announced Tuesday.

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Star Tribune

GOP leaders call Minnesota sex offender's release 'reckless'

House Republican leaders said Monday they will hold hearings on the pending release of a convicted pedophile from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program, calling the move "reckless'' and asking the Dayton administration to explain why Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson dropped her original objections to such a move.

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National Journal

Bachmann the Invisible Woman in Minnesota

If Michele Bachmann's endorsement was going to matter anywhere, it would be in her home state.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Minnesota Government, 2012 Presidential Election, Tim Pawlenty, US Governors, Mitt Romney

The Washington Post

Romney camp downplays its chances in Minnesota

As we celebrate his legacy, we remember the hope and optimism he had for America.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Golden, CO, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

SanLuisObispo.com

GOP gets Minn. focus now, uphill fall fight awaits

It has tantalized Republicans in recent presidential campaigns, but it's still wound up as general election fool's gold for the GOP ever since Richard Nixon last won it for the party in 1972.

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Related Topix: US News, Iowa, US Politics, Ron Paul, Republican, US House of Representatives, Minnesota Government, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich

The Kansas City Star

Man pleads guilty in Minn. Somali terror case

A Somali-American man admitted Monday that he helped raise money so others could travel from Minnesota to join the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia, and that he sent money to Somalia so one of those travelers could buy a firearm.Ahmed Hussein Mahamud, 27, of Westerville, Ohio, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to one ... (more)

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Prison, Terrorism

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Chaska Herald

Which plants changed Minnesota forever?

Which plants changed Minnesota and transformed how we live today? The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum wants to know and is encouraging the public to nominate specific plants for a state's Top 10 list.

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Related Topix: University of Minnesota

KSFO AM 560

When It Comes to Delegates, Presidential Race Is Just Beginning

After five voting contests, 143 delegates have been awarded and former Massachusetts Gov.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Minnesota Government, Tim Pawlenty, US Governors

City Pages

Chastity Brown's Back-Road Highways Minnesota tour announced

The last time Chastity Brown released an album, it was summertime, two years ago, with High Noon Teeth -- a soulful piece, as bathed in vivid storytelling as Chastity's Tennessee background would have you believe.

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Patch.com

Minnesotans Get Their Turn with Tuesday Caucus

The caucuses are coming. Television ads are getting airtime locally, and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was just down in Eagan Feb.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mitt Romney, St. Michael, MN, Wright County, MN

Patch.com

(VIDEO) Does Minnesota Need a Right-to-Work Amendment?

The battle over unions is coming to Minnesota. On Thursday, Lakeville Sen. Dave Thompson detailed a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow workers to opt out of unions and avoid paying union dues.

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Daily Mail

9 student suicides in Michele Bacmann's Minnesota linked to anti-gay bullying

The school district told teachers never to show 'personal support for people' and they feared they would be fired if they did Michele Bachmann's former high school is under fire for a spate of suicides by gay and lesbian students that allegedly followed anti-homosexual school policy.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Education Etc.

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